PESHAWAR
KP Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development, Sardar Faisal Amin Gandapur, has said that the new city to be set up under the name of New Peshawar Valley (NPV) will change the shape of the provincial capital. This new city will become iconic model city in the whole country, which will also get global recognition in terms of its touristic and economic attractions, he added.
“The project will not be just a jungle of concrete structures but an eco-friendly beautiful city”, he maintained.
He was addressing the grand ceremony of launching work on New Peshawar Valley and distribution of intimation letters to land owners at the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) headquarters in Hayatabad Peshawar. On this occasion, Provincial Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Local Government Secretary Syed Zaheerul Islam Shah, Director General PDA Fayyaz Ali Shah and NPV brand ambassador Bakhtiar also distributed intimation letters to the land owners while apart from high civil and police officials, landowners of NPV participated in the function in a large number.
The project manager of NPV, expert in architecture and planning, Dr. Muhammad Zeeshan Ahad, gave the details of this mega residential project, clarified that this city, which is five times bigger than Hayatabad, is one by including six major Mawazat of Peshawar and Nowshera districts. Covering a huge area of 101,000 acres of land, it will be enough for the population of 800,000 people.
He said that as per instructions of the Chief Minister and Local Government Minister, this modern township will have a total of 80,000 residential units ranging from three marla to four kanals, keeping in view the needs of all classes, poor and rich, while an additional area of four thousand kanals is also being added for wide highways.
Hence, he said, it is also being connected to the GT Road and the motorway. Similarly, all major national and government buildings and facilities including the Provincial Assembly, Governor and Civil Secretariats and Police Lines will also be moved to this new city, he concluded.
On this occasion, Local Government Minister Faisal Amin Gandapur, while addressing the ceremony and talking to the media, revealed that after Islamabad, this mega city project, that was being developed under a comprehensive master plan for the first time in the history of the country, is a big residential project in terms of environment and architecture.
It will be an aesthetic masterpiece with a wide artificial lake, spacious parks and all kinds of playgrounds with education, health, sports and cultural provisions available, he added.
“This mega city project will greatly help in reviving the past historical glory of Peshawar as the city of flowers, gardens and gateway to Central Asia”, he asserted adding that the beauty of Peshawar will be enhanced manifolds with completion of the extravaganza.
The Local Government Minister further clarified that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, the present provincial government has completed a number of huge public welfare schemes.
He said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led provincial government has the pride of cherishing record mega developmental and welfare projects in both the last nine-year era of PTI in KP besides launching many new projects.
These including Billion Tree Tsunami, Sehat Insaf Card, Youth Investment Scheme, Bab e Peshawar, BRT. , Swat Motorway, Dera Ismail Khan Motor Way, Peshawar Zoo, Malam Jabba and Gabin Jabba highways, he maintained.
He however assured that the NPV will be completed as soon as possible under the active supervision of PDA and enthusiastic team of architects, while he himself will conduct site visits for the fastest progress on the project, apart from convening fortnightly and monthly review meetings, the LG Minister concluded.
